I had the joy of replacing a coil to the 3rd cylinder of my wife 1999 E-250 5.4L conversion van this weekend. Autozone scanned it for me and the coil was $50, I fainted at the thought of replacing all eight. luckily it was just one. A pain to get to, but nothing a couple of beers does'nt fix.

So long story short. What is good brand of scanner? I do not want blow alot of cash, but I would like to scan the Van and truck, whenever necessary.

Truck is a 7.3L(diesel) 2002 Crewcab w/ 87,000k, Van is a 1999 5.4l 79,000k (gas), Conversion Van with a Wheelchair lift.

Anyway, the coil took about 45 mins with a friend, and his scanning tool to verify we got everything fixed.

The wife thinks I'm genius now.

Acctron is the most common..I purchased mine at Sears for $120 and have used it on over 20 cars. this is the one I have and you can read, delete or whatever.
http://www.toolsource.com/ost/product.asp?sourceid=overture&dept%5Fid=500&pf%5Fid=91488&mscssid=4EV80DFML0F29GEPUAUPMULTFF9N2W9D


just a note.. those coils are 50 from Autozone..the dealer wants over a hundred. Been there done that.

Power programers such as superchips read and delete DTC's for their specific vehicles. I don't think you can get a good scan tool for $120. A Ford dealer scan tool is best. You can get a generic one from Snap on for several thousand.